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adoptivo

/adobˈtibo/

adjective/adobˈtibo/

foster, adoptive (providing parental care to unrelated children); foster (receiving such care)

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *opeō Proto-Italic *opetāōder. Latin optō Latin adoptō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin īvus Latin adoptīvusbor. Spanish adoptivo Borrowed from Latin adoptīvus.